Press for drying and ironing wearing linen



July 3, 1928. W. 1, l.. FI-,om

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IOUIS FLORI, F BOULOGNE SUR SEINE, FRANCE.

PRESS-FOR DRYING AND IRONING WEARING LINEN.

.Application illed December 8, 19,25, Serial sNo. 74,021, and in France .December 24, 1924.

This invention has reference to new and useful improvements in the known type of press for drying and ironing linen and more y particularly wearing linen constituted by 6 two cooperating steam-heated tables: a stationary buck on which are spread the pieces of 'linen to be 'dried and ironed and a movable pressure head adapted to be broughtin contactlwith the said. stationary buck so as 10 to squeeze between the buck` and head the said pieces of linen'and thus to perform the drying and ,ironing operations.

A rimary object of the invention is to provide a drying and ironing press of the l5 type set forthfwherein the lever'adapted for operating the pressure head is provided with means b'othfor balancing the weight of said head and for adjusting the .pressure tobc exerted thereby upon the stationary buck and consequently upon the linen spread upon same forobviating any wrinkling or ruinling of whatever protruding parts such inenma com risegi' v A furt er ob]ect of the invention is to pro vide a drying andironing press of the type set forth comprising particularly when it is utilizable for drying and ironing such articles as mens shirts a special protruding device adapted for inwardly and outwardly $0 maintaining or guidingl in a stretched condition the collar orv other projecting art of the shirt or other similar article o linen whilst the upper ormovable table squeezes said shirt upon the stationaryl table.

$5 With these and other obiects in view asmay appear in the following description, the invention comprises the novel construction and arrangement of parts operating as willreadily Aap ear' with'referenceto the .i accompanying rawing wherein Fig.1;is an elevational view showing the y fdrying.- an'd ironing press in itsclosed position, 1. e.- when its buck and pressure ead are. in contactfor squeezing the linen placed therebetween.

Fig. 2 is 1a similar elevational view but showing the press in its opened position,

1. e. when the pressure head is lifted away to its full extent from the statona buck. Fig. 3 is a plan view of another buc form. Fig. 4 is al plan view of the stationary buck specially. adaptedfor drying and ironing mens shirts or similar articles, assuming the collar stretching/device to be in its operative position.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of the stationary'buck shown in Fig. 4 but assuming the y collar stretching device to be in its inoperative position.

Fig 6 is a sectional elevational detailed view drawn to a larger scale of the collar stretching device accordint'o the construction of stationary buck s or buck 1 is stationary and its upper surface adapted for receivin the linen to be dried and ironed is coate througut its extent with a piece of treble-milled flannel 1". The

companion table or pressure head 2 is movable, i. e. adapted for being lifted away from said stationary buck and for being easily brought in' contact therewith; its sur-- face adapted for contactingwith the linen is polished and conveniently nickeled. With,- in each of these tables circulates steam which is fed thereto by separate ipes of conventionel .construction (not s ewn). On the upper external face of the pressurehead2 'is suitablyI xed -a large goose-neck'sha ed arm 4 pivotally mounted upon-a spin e 5 rotatab a supporting frame A in bearings 6 ;`-beyond said spindle 5 the arm 44 has afrear extension 4 integral therewith-'provided at its free end or adjacent thereto with a cbunterweight 3 so reckoned as to properly balance the weight of the pressure headA 2.' y

At a' relatively small distance from .the arm 4, its extension 4 is vtrar'fersed by as in-l y mounted vat certain distance above dle 8 pon which is pivotally mounte an elonghted lever 7 extending in overhangi'ng relation over the pressurefliead 2 for compressing the latter downwards and having a short extension 7L acting as a link and j ointedly secured at its free end upon the-upper end of a rod' 10 'through the intermediary of a pin 9; said rod 10 has its lower end pivotally mountedupon a spindle 12 rotatably mounted in stationary bearings 13 which fiat on the buck 1.

When the pressure head 2 is lifted away to its full extent from the buck 1, the lever 7 7a and the rod 10 constituting the aforesaid toggle device substantially afford rela-- tively to the goose-neck shaped arm 4 and to its rear extension 4 carrying the counterweight 3 the positions shown in Fig. 2. As will be readily understood, by lowering the fore part 7 of the lever 7 7, the pressure head 2 is brought down in contact with the buck 1 (see Fig.` 1) and presses same with a determined pressure the intensity 'of which may be regulated at will accordin to drying or ironing requirements simply y suitably adjusting the tensioning nut 11 or equivalent device along the rod 10.

In Fig. 3 is` illustrated by way of example one form of trapezoidal table having rounded corners utilizable for fiat pieces of linen. The shape of the buck and pressure table will of course vary according to the various kinds of linen articles to be dried and ironed.

The form of buck 1 illustrated in Fig. 4 has steam circulating ducts fv imbedded therein, the steam being admitted at a and escaping at s. It is specially adapted for drying and ironing mens shirts or similar articles. To that effect, it has a correspond'- ingly sized rectangular shape and rounded corners and moreover comprises on its upper face a collar stretching device.

The collar stretchin device shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 an more in detail although fragmentarily in Figs. 6 and 7 is constituted by the combination of a semi-circular upstanding rib b located in a horse-shoe shaped notch b cut out in the side edge of the buck 1 and secured concentrically thereto as shown in Fig. 17, a longitudinally sliding member terminated outwardly by an u standing transverse blade or web 16 and submitted to the action of an antagonistic coil spring 16a, and a spring pawl operatable by a stud 15 the-operative end of which engages a groove formed in the longitudinal slide for overcoming the stress of the spring when it is desired to stretch out the shirt collar around the rib b and the web 16.

The pedestal p gFig. 5) is carried upon a base-plate'17 suit-a l secured upon the supportin frame A. Xt the end of said basel-plate 1 corresponding to the collar stretching device is fixed an upstanding bracket 18 in which is pivotally mounted a lever 19 `forced outwardly by a spring plate 20 and bifurcated at its upper end to swingingly carry a horse-shoe shaped shackle 21 provided with a handle 22. By rocking down this shackle 21 to bring same in contact with the parts of thecollar stretcher as above described, said shackle is made to encompass the shirt collar which is thus maintained in its stretched position both inwardly and outwardly throughout the drying and ironing operations as performed by the cooperation of the buck and pressure head 1 and 2, whereby the shirt collar or analogous protruding part of the article of wearing linen is perfectlyv ironed according to the required slliane without becoming wrinkled'or rump e Whilst, in accordance with the atent statutes, a convenient embodiment o the invention has been described in the foregoing with reference to the accompanying drawing, it will be appreciated that numerous minor constructional details might be changed by anyone skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as determined by the subjoined claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p 1. A press of the type set forth for drying and. ironing linen, comprising in combination a frame, a stationary buck to receive the linen, a pressure head arranged .over the buck, steam ducts imbedded in said buck and head for heating purposes, an arcuate arm rigidly secured to said pressure head and pivotally mounted on the press, -said pivotal mounting comprising a transverse spindle supported rearwardly of the buck, a counterweight carried by an integral rearward projection of said arm, a second transverse s indle supported in the latter projection o the arm, and a bell crank lever pivoted on the second transverse spindle and at one end extending over the pressure head, the opposite end of the lever being pivoted to a link pivoted on the press.

2. A press of the type set forth for drying and ironing wearing linen comprising, in combination, a supporting frame, a stationary buck on which may be spread the piece of linen, a movable pressure head adapted for being lifted away from said buck, means for heating said buck and head, a goose-neck shaped arm rigidly secured upon said head and pivotally mounted rearwardly of the same on a transverse spindle carried by the press frame, a counterweight terminally fitted on a rearward integral extension of said arm, a second s indle traversing said extension at a rsmall istance from said arm, a two-armed arcuate lever pivotally fulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the latter spindle, one arm of said lever operating over the pressure head, a

rod pivotally secured at its upper end to the other arm of the lever and pivotally secured at its lower endl to the press frame, whereby an operation or" the lever causes the armto press the head upon the buck, and means for adjusting the length of said rod and cause the combination of the same with the lever to act as a toggle-device whereby the pressure exerted by said arm and lever upon the head may be regulated at will.

3;p A press 'of the type set forth for drying and ironing wearing linen comprising, in combination, a supporting frame, a stationary buck on which may be iatly spread the lpiece of linen, a liftable pressure head a1'- ranged over the buck, means for heating,

said buck and head, a transverse s indle mounted in bearings carried by the rame, a goose-neck shaped arm rigidly secured upon the head and p-ivotally carried by on said extension, a second spindle traversing said extension at a small distance rearwardly of said arm, a two-armed arcuatedever pivotally fulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the latter spindle, one arm of said lever operating over the pressure head, a rod pivotally secured at its upper lend to the other arm of the lever and pivotally secured at its lower end lto the press frame whereby an operation 'of the5 lever causes the arm to ress the head upon the buck, and a turn-l uckle device intermediate the ends of the rod for adjusting its length and permitting. the pressure of the leverV associated with the :'od to be regulated at will.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

LOUIS FLORI. 

